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THE PLAYBACK SINGER Q&A’s at the Music Hall

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THE PLAYBACK SINGER tells the story of an aimless, would-be jungle-gym architect who finds his existence disrupted – and his marriage upended – when his prickly, Indian, B-movie playback singer father-in-law comes to visit and overstays his welcome. An original feature written by director Suju Vijayan, THE PLAYBACK SINGER is an award-winning family drama liberally spiked with comedy, which gets to the heart of relationships and the challenges of finding our place in this world.

THE PLAYBACK SINGER writer-director Suju Vijayan and producer Mike Blum will participate in Q&A’s after the 7:30 PM screenings and introduce the 9:55 PM screenings Friday-Sunday, November 14-16.

http://vimeo.com/39248218

 

Q&A with 21 YEARS: RICHARD LINKLATER Co-Director Tara Wood Opening Night at the NoHo

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It’s been said that the first 21 years defines the career of an artist. Few directors have single-handedly shaken up the film establishment like the godfather of indie, Richard Linklater. From the groundbreaking SLACKER to his innovative BOYHOOD, Linklater has reached the 21-year mark and has unapologetically carved his signature into American pop culture. 21 YEARS: RICHARD LINKLATER offers a raw and honest perspective on Richard through candid conversations with his collaborators.

Tara Wood, co-director of the new documentary 21 YEARS: RICHARD LINKLATER, will participate in a Q&A after the 7:40 screening at the NoHo on Friday, November 7.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duW5VFPNRhw

 

 

THE WAY HE LOOKS Cast and Crew Q&A at the Playhouse this Saturday

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Set to the music of Belle and Sebastian, Daniel Ribeiro’s coming-of-age tale THE WAY HE LOOKS is a fun and tender story about friendship and the complications of young love. Leo is a blind teenager who’s fed up with his overprotective mother and the bullies at school. Looking to assert his independence, he decides to study abroad, to the dismay of his best friend, Giovana. When Gabriel, the new kid in town, teams with Leo on a school project, new feelings blossom in him that make him reconsider his plans.

THE WAY HE LOOKS writer-director Daniel Ribeiro, producer Diana Almeida and actors Ghilherme Lobo, Fabio Audi and Tess Amorim will participate in a Q&A after the 3:10 screening at the Playhouse on Saturday afternoon, November 8th.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcb0VnB2vnQ

 

THE WAY HE LOOKS Cast and Crew Q&A at the Playhouse this Saturday
THE WAY HE LOOKS director Daniel Ribeiro

Q&A with the Cast and Crew of THE LOOKALIKE Saturday Night at the Music Hall

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THE LOOKALIKE director Richard Gray, screenwriter Michele Davis-Gray and actors Steven Bauer and Scottie Thompson will participate in a Q&A after the 5 PM screening at the Music Hall on Saturday, November 8.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh2RPh1LXAM

SEX ED Q&A at the Music Hall Sunday, November 9th

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When Eddie (Haley Joel Osment) lands his first teaching gig at an inner city middle school, he quickly finds that his highly pubescent pupils are receiving no form of sexual education.  Eddie isn’t exactly equipped to teach them – he’s a virgin.  And he’s falling in love with Pilar (Lorenza Izzo), the older sister of one of his students.  But Eddie goes off lesson plan anyway, delving into the world of menstrual cycles and sexually transmitted infections, and in doing so, incurring the wrath of the local Reverend (Chris Williams).

The SEX ED filmmakers will participate in a Q&A after the 7:30 PM screening on Sunday, November 9th.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxNuD46Cuek

PELICAN DREAMS in Newsweek: “Stuck with the Bill.”

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What’s it like to try to get to know a flying dinosaur? In PELICAN DREAMS, Sundance and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Judy Irving (“The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill”) follows a wayward California brown pelican from her “arrest” on the Golden Gate Bridge into care at a wildlife rehabilitation facility, and from there explores pelicans’ nesting grounds, Pacific coast migration, and survival challenges.

Newsweek Magazine just published this piece about the film. It begins, “‘A friend of mine was in this traffic jam,’ Judy Irving recalls. ‘She said, ‘You’ll never guess why I was held up on the bridge.” It’s not unusual for traffic to come to a stop on San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge: There’s the ever-more-L.A.-like traffic, the occasional protest or suicide jumper. But in this case it was a pelican that stopped the show and Irving knew she had her next movie.”

http://vimeo.com/102655510
PELICAN DREAMS in Newsweek: "Stuck with the Bill."
Judy Irving (filmmaker) & Gigi (pelican) in the aviary at International Bird Rescue.

THROUGH A LENS DARKLY: BLACK PHOTOGRAPHERS AND THE EMERGENCE OF A PEOPLE Q&A’s at the Playhouse

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The first documentary to explore the role of photography in shaping the identity, aspirations and social emergence of African Americans from slavery to the present, THROUGH A LENS DARKLY probes the recesses of American history by discovering images that have been suppressed, forgotten and lost. Bringing to light the hidden and unknown photos shot by both professional and vernacular African American photographers, the film opens a window into lives, experiences and perspectives of black families that is absent from the traditional historical canon.

THROUGH A LENS DARKLY director Thomas Allen Harris will participate in Q&A’s after the 7:45 PM screenings at the Playhouse Friday through Tuesday, November 14-18.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4Kd1GfkfW4
THROUGH A LENS DARKLY: BLACK PHOTOGRAPHERS AND THE EMERGENCE OF A PEOPLE Q&A's at the Playhouse
Thomas Allen Harris, director of THROUGH A LENS DARKLY. Photo by Russell Frederick from Chimpanzee Productions, Inc.

Q&A at the Music Hall with Director of ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE has been cancelled.

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ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE is a documentary that focuses on the lives and dreams of the children of Good Morning School in the district of Mae Sot, Thailand. Mae Sot is a town on the Thai-Burma border where hundreds of thousands of Burmese nationals have chosen to live as a result of the repressive actions taken by Burma’s military junta. They fled from Burma and escaped to Mae Sot with the hope that they would be able to sustain their families and become free from the fear of getting shot and arrested. However, the vast majority of Burmese in the town exist as people without nationality, rights or any solid future. This is the harsh reality that the Burmese children in Mae Sot have to face every day. The documentary highlights not just their plight, but also the positive way that these children go about their lives in conditions and under circumstances we dare not even imagine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zLlgMn0Kgk